The Life Work And Quotes Of John Donne

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The Life Work And Quotes Of John Donne

John Donne was born on 22nd January 1572 in London, England and died on 31 March 1631 at the age of 59 in London, England. He was an English poet, lawyer, and cleric in the Church of England. Donne secretly married Anne More with whom he had 12 children.

He is also called a metaphysical poet. Donne was the founder of a new kind of lyric which for want of better name has been called ' the metaphysical lyric. Donne introduced a new realism in love poetry, revolting against the Petrarchan tradition. He also introduced colloquial language in love poetry. Donne's services to lyrical poetry were as valuable as that of Shakespeare to Drama.

John Donne's Famous Quotes

1- Be thine own palace, or

the world,s thy jail.

John Donne

2- Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.

John Donne

3- No spring nor summer beauty

hath such grace as I have seen

in one autumnal face.

John Donne

4- No man is an island unto himself.

John Donne

5- Love built on beauty,

soon as beauty, dies.

John Donne

Twice or thrice

I love thee,

Before I knew thy

face or name.

Jonne Donne